Say I have a Csound server running, that can be extended with instruments,
events can be sent to it, all via the Python API:
Is it possible to retrieve the available instruments?
Is it possible to retrieve the available channels per instrument?
Is it possible to capture events that instruments receive?

Richard




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Hi Richard,

> Is it possible to retrieve the available instruments?

No, these are not listable with the API or from Opcodes at this time.
You could possibly do this from a C application that has compiled
against libcsound with BUILDING_LIBCSOUND on, but it would not be
officially supported.

> Is it possible to retrieve the available channels per instrument?

No, channels are a global resource.  You would have to manage the
channels via the host to have a record of what channels each
instrument has.

> Is it possible to capture events that instruments receive?

Not through the API, though you could perhaps do something via
channels to communicate back to a host that polls those channels to
see if an event has been received.


It would be worth making requests for API changes if you really need
these features. The API is certainly not set in stone but changes also
need to be driven by real-world use cases, IMO.

Thanks!
steven

If you use the CppSound class to run Csound, you can store your orc and sco in that and retrieve instuments via its api.